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Web sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and ActiveRain present a golden opportunity to connect with friends, colleagues, and clients. April 2009 You hear a lot about social media today, and rightly so. Get the most benefit from these tools by following these basic rules: Be authentic. Your profile is the first thing people will see [...]

The new year is a new opportunity to upgrade, integrate, and streamline your operations. Learn more about the technologies that can make you a more effective professional. By Michael Antoniak | January 2010 With each new year comes an opportunity to rethink the products and services that empower your real estate career. As 2010 dawns, [...]

With Every Tweet, Provide a Takeaway By Katherine Tarbox | September 2009 By now you’ve heard plenty of talk about the free microblogging service Twitter. The way it works is simple: Once you’re signed up, you can broadcast short (140 characters or fewer) text messages and links to your “followers” and receive updates from the [...]

How can you maximize your exposure on the Web? Here’s how. By Brian Summerfield | September 2009 Perhaps the most remarkable thing about online networking is the wide range of reactions it stirs up. Some real estate professionals swear by it. Others say it’s a diversion at best—and an utter waste of time at worst. [...]

With Cherryl Hanson-Simpson Thursday, July 09, 2009 In challenging times there are always tremendous opportunities for smart investors to make profit. Despite the fact that we are in the middle of a reported recession, there are several ways to earn good returns from investing in Jamaica. Right now, money market instruments are yielding attractive interest [...]

LEGAL NOTES With Andrea Scarlett-Lozer Wednesday, June 24, 2009 The most fundamental tenet of the relationship between a landlord and a tenant is that the tenant has the exclusive right to occupy and possess the premises that he has rented from his landlord. The tenant has the legal right to exclude all persons, including the [...]

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2009 Citizens of other countries represent an important segment of the U.S. home buying market, and now new special visa categories that allow foreign nationals to gain U.S. residency can help facilitate that process. By using these visa categories correctly, Realtors® will be able to help many more buyers from overseas purchase [...]

You use the phone everyday in real estate but could you be turning off potential customers with your poor phone etiquette? Follow these basic strategies to make sure your phone behavior is up to par. Minimalism advocate D.H. Mondfleur once said, “Cell phones are the latest invention in rudeness.” In fact, 68 percent of Americans [...]